Matthew 6:25-34

The Cure for Anxiety

25 "¹For this reason I say to you, do not be ²worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

26 "³Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?

27 "And who of you by being ⁴worried can ⁵add a single hour to his life?

28 "And why are you ⁶worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin,

29 yet I say to you that not even ⁷Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.

30 "But if God so clothes the ⁸grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? ⁹You of little faith!

31 "Do not ¹⁰worry then, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear for clothing?'

32 "For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for ¹¹your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.

33 "But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and ¹²all these things will be added to you.

34 "So do not ¹³worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 6:25-33: {Luke 12:22-31}
• 2. Matt 6:27, 28, 31, 34; Luke 10:41; Luke 12:11, 22; Philippians 4:6; 1 Peter 5:7
• 3. Job 35:11; Job 38:41; Psalms 104:27, 28; Matthew 10:29f; Luke 12:24
• 4. Matt 6:25, 28, 31, 34; Luke 10:41; Luke 12:11, 22; Philippians 4:6; 1 Peter 5:7
• 5. Psalms 39:5
• 6. Matt 6:25, 27, 31, 34; Luke 10:41; Luke 12:11, 22; Philippians 4:6; 1 Peter 5:7
• 7. 1 Kings 10:4-7; 2 Chr 9:4-6, 20-22
• 8. James 1:10, 11; 1 Peter 1:24
• 9. Matthew 8:26; Matthew 14:31; Matthew 16:8
• 10. Matt 6:25, 27, 28, 34; Luke 10:41; Luke 12:11, 22; Philippians 4:6; 1 Peter 5:7
• 11. Matthew 6:8; Philippians 4:19
• 12. Matthew 19:28; Mark 10:29; Luke 18:29; 1 Timothy 4:8
• 13. Matt 6:25, 27, 28, 31; Luke 10:41; Luke 12:11, 22; Philippians 4:6; 1 Peter 5:7

Footnotes

• [a] Or "stop being worried"
• [b] Lit "soul"
• [c] Lit "heaven"
• [d] Lit "cubit" (approx 18 in.)
• [e] Or "height"
• [f] Or "continually seek"
• [g] Or "the kingdom"
• [h] Or "provided"
• [i] Lit "worry about itself"
• [j] Lit "Sufficient for the day is its evils"